DOGGY DOGG CHRISTMAS

Bronze Eurobest Award
TitleDOGGY DOGG CHRISTMAS
BrandJUST EAT
Product/ServiceRETAIL/FAST FOOD
Category E07. Use of Original / Licensed / Adapted Composition
Entrant McCANN London, UNITED KINGDOM
Idea Creation McCANN London, UNITED KINGDOM
Media Placement UM London, UNITED KINGDOM
Production CRAFT London, UNITED KINGDOM
Production 2 OB MANAGEMENT London, UNITED KINGDOM
Post Production MPC London, UNITED KINGDOM
Post Production 2 THE QUARRY London, UNITED KINGDOM
Post Production 3 ENVY London, UNITED KINGDOM
Additional Company JUST EAT London, UNITED KINGDOM
Additional Company 2 STRING AND TINS London, UNITED KINGDOM
Additional Company 3 BYTE LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Additional Company 4 TALENT REPUBLIC London, UNITED KINGDOM
Credits
Name Company Position
Rob Doubal McCann London Chief Creative Officer
Laurence Thomson McCann London Chief Creative Officer
Theo Izzard-Brown McCann London Chief Strategy Officer
Alexei Berwitz McCann London Creative Director
Rob Webster McCann London Creative Director
William Cottam McCann London Lead Senior Creative
James Crosby McCann London Lead Senior Creative
Tommy Smith McCann London Managing Partner
Joely Buxton-Smith McCann London Account Manager
Jonathan Brown McCann London Planning Partner
Emily Ellis McCann London Senior Planner
Sergio Lopez Craft Chief Production Officer
Sophie Chapman-Andrews Craft Head of Integrated Production
Amos Usiskin Craft Executive Producer
Gail Mosley Craft Producer
Molly Strasser Craft Business Affairs Lead
Chris Graves Craft Music Supervisor
Adam Smyth String & Tins Composer
Chloe Hughes Ammolite c/o OB Management Director
Emil Nava Ammolite c/o OB Management Director
Otis Bell OB Management EP
Sam Holmes OB Management EP/Hop
Susan O'Brien Just Eat Chief Marketing Officer
Stuart Eaton Just Eat Global Head of Brand
Niall Barrow Just Eat Global Content Manager
Victoria Gold Just Eat UK Head of Marketing Communications
Alice Saleh Just Eat Senior Marketing Executive
Rachel Kneen Just Eat Senior Social Media Marketing Manager
Bex Watson Just Eat Lead Project Manager

Why is this work relevant for Entertainment?

Musicians and recording artists have been used in advertising for years, usually playing themselves in commercials whilst delivering the odd line to camera. But rarely do you see them doing what they do best - and that’s making new music and performing. This is a story about how Just Eat partnered with an unexpected household name to reconnect with a key audience, utilizing his craft and unmistakable persona to deliver joy when everybody needed it most. And in the words of General Maximus Decimus Meridius, “Are you not entertained?”

Background

It’s not an understatement to say that 2020 was a s**t year. But amongst all of the doom and gloom, people were desperate for some joy and positivity in their lives. Just Eat had an ownable asset - the ‘Did Somebody Say Just Eat’ jingle - and more importantly, we had Snoop Dogg as the face of the brand. The first iteration of the Snoop campaign had gone down a treat, with the public crying out for more, saying “please release a full version” and “Get this on Spotify!”. But we had a problem, UberEats and Deliveroo were still gaining share in key cities and in particular with an important target audience of urban millennials. To keep Just Eat top of mind during the festive period, we decided to answer their pleas and bring some joy to the nation in the shape of Snoop Dogg and his new festive jingle.

Describe the creative idea

Just Eat teamed up with Snoop Dogg once again – but this time we turned it up a notch. Introducing Doggy Dogg Christmas, a full-length ‘Did Somebody Say Just Eat’ track filled with festive joy, all things food and that unmistakable Snoop swagger. But this was a brand/music partnership with a difference, because it was officially released via Snoop’s record label ‘Doggy Style Records’, sitting alongside classics like ‘What’s My Name’ and ‘Gin & Juice’. It was pushed out to the world in the same way, promoted across all of Snoops channels as well as music PR, and available to stream on all platforms including Spotify, Apple Music and more. Every music track needs a music video. But Covid-19 meant Snoop couldn’t get to us, so we had to improvise. We brought Snoop’s unmistakable character and presence to life in the form of a loveable gangster dog puppet instead!

Describe the strategy

Just Eat have over 36,000 restaurant partners on the app – yet the food delivery sector has become ever more crowded, competitive, and increasingly difficult to stand out. Just Eat needed to establish a point of difference. We had an ownable asset in the distinctive ‘Did Somebody Say Just Eat’ jingle and more food cuisines than anybody in the business, but we needed to land all this in a way that felt fresh, transcended advertising and landing in popular culture. Importantly, we had to find a new way to connect with this hard-to-reach audience. 2020 was a depressing year and we knew most brands would reflect this with the usual sentimental/emotional Christmas campaigns. But we wanted to go against the grain and bring a little smile to the nation’s faces, we wanted to break away from conventional advertising and deliver the public some much needed entertainment.

Describe the execution

Doggy Dogg Christmas was released officially via ‘Doggy Style Records’ – Snoop Dogg’s personal record label, and was played out on all major streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Google Play, and more. The track ran in the UK and Ireland from 27th November until the 31st December, across TV (500+ airings), social and on radio where it was plugged by the nations favourite DJs.

Describe the outcome

With this campaign we transcended the category and entered culture. In the month of December, Doggy Dogg Christmas hit over a million streams, as well as generating huge amounts of free media from DJs playing the song, blurring the lines between advertising and entertainment. Sentiment online was at an all-time high with our key target claiming we’d “saved Christmas.” Importantly we managed to engage our ad-skipping, progressively harder-to-reach audience and shifted key brand metrics for Spontaneous Awareness (+2%), share of Google search (+3%) and increasing our NPS by +3%. As well as making an impact on the public, the track also made an impact on Spotify who promptly notified us through their legal department that they would consequently changing the terms and conditions post launch to prevent brands infiltrating their platform in future. Making this unique brand collab a truly never-to-be-repeated first, and last.